Re:Linux kernel exceeds 15 million lines of code
by 4ad on Friday January 13, 2012 @07:15PM
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Thanks for telling me how to do my job, I'm a kernel developer :-).
A bug in kernel code means you panic the machine, so you have to do a reboot.
Whether you load the modules at runtime, on demand, or the driver is statically compiled into the kernel has nothing to do with it. The decision of when to do linking does not influence development a bit.
Also, having multiple machines is required, not optional, because you use the dev machine to connect with a kernel debugger through a serial/firewire link to the test machine.
A bug in kernel code means you panic the machine, so you have to do a reboot.
Whether you load the modules at runtime, on demand, or the driver is statically compiled into the kernel has nothing to do with it. The decision of when to do linking does not influence development a bit.
Also, having multiple machines is required, not optional, because you use the dev machine to connect with a kernel debugger through a serial/firewire link to the test machine.